What is the Greatest Common Factor of 11806 and 11824?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 11806 and 11824 is 2.

GCF(11806,11824) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 11806 and 11824, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 11806 and 11824.

How to find the GCF of 11806 and 11824?

We will first find the prime factorization of 11806 and 11824. After we will calculate the factors of 11806 and 11824 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 11806

Prime factors of 11806 are 2, 5903. Prime factorization of 11806 in exponential form is:

11806 = 2¹ × 5903¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 11824

Prime factors of 11824 are 2, 739. Prime factorization of 11824 in exponential form is:

11824 = 2⁴ × 739¹

Step-3: Factors of 11806

List of positive integer factors of 11806 that divides 11806 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5903

Step-4: Factors of 11824

List of positive integer factors of 11824 that divides 11806 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 739, 1478, 2956, 5912

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 11806 and 11824. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 11806 and 11824 is 2.

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